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JUNE 49 1 
(Slit ami gitmotj. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS. 
Lf.o at, forgers—blacksmiths. 
Hard drinking—Chewing loe. 
A (Jrkman figure of speech—Neln. 
AotJK without fever Is no great shakes. 
Motto for the Arabs—Up and Be-douln. 
To keep warm—Keep the furnace coaled. 
The son that shines for all, A bootblack. 
Hush money—the price of a family cradle. 
Paul Boyton does not walk upon the water. 
He lies. 
A ohack Invisible to the naked eye—The 
crack of a whip. 
Eoypt Is a land of donkeys, but they have 
morasses in Ireland. 
Tnn mean temperature is what disgusts a 
man with every climate. 
CUUSE8 come home home to roost, but no 
rooster comes home to curse, 
Lovers <1o the cooing before marriage, and 
tradesmen do the billing after it. 
Seasonable Advice— In slippery weather It 
is better to avoid running up bills. 
When the police want to invest in loafers 
they can always find a choice corner lot. 
Or what beverages did Julius C®sar die? Of 
Roman punches administered by Brutus. 
Wnv do white sheep eat more than black 
sheep? Because there are more of them. 
German sausages are free from duty. 
Wouldn’t you like to be a German sausage ? 
Why is Ireland the richest country In the 
world? Because Its capital Is always Dublin. 
What Is defeat? Nothing but education- 
nothing but the first step to something better. 
Wii send to our butcher for sweetbread, and 
If we want a sweetmeat wo scud to our baker’s. 
What Is the difference between the North 
and south Polo? All the .difference In the 
world. 
A Port J Krtvrs man offered his house for $2, 
but no one would buy it. It was floating down 
the river on the ice. 
A Philadelphia book-seller's clerk, asked 
If he had Chaucer, politely proffered a paper of 
the best chewing tobacco. 
The papers are lntl mating that Jay Gould has 
“got his mad up,’’ but It's a mistake, He’s 
only somewhat Eile-tatod. 
Ir you want to teach a dog arithmetic, tie up 
one of his pawa, and he will put down three 
and carry one evory time. 
What is the longest word In the English lan¬ 
guage? Smiles, Because there is a mile be¬ 
tween the flr-st and last letters. 
Barber.—' “Thin out your hair n bit, sir?’’ 
Llcktoti—“ No never mind. My wife attends 
to that. Just oil It well, however.” 
“Two solos that beat as one,” remarked the 
boy to hls mother, as she was dealing with him 
for hls sine with both slippers at once. 
“Mr. Smith, Is your customer Brown, to be 
trusted?’* “Iknow of no one more so. He is 
to be trusted forever. He never pays,” 
What Is the difference between a fool and a 
looking-glass ? The fool speaks without reflect¬ 
ing and the looking-glass reflects without 
speaking. 
A widow being cautioned by her minister 
about flirting said sho knew It was wrong for 
maidens and wives to Wirt, but the Bible was 
her authority. It said “ widow’s mite.” 
SUMMER TRAVEL. 
Before you start on your Summer 
Travels, procure a General Accident 
Policy in The Travelers Insurance 
Company of Hartford, Conn.,— the 
oldest, largest and best Accident In¬ 
surance Company in America. Take 
a yearly policy, and thus obtain the 
insurance at lowest rates. Any au¬ 
thorized agent will write a policy at 
a moment’s notice. 
The Travelers has written 380,- 
000 Accident Policies, and has paid 
cash benefits to its policy-holders at 
the rate of seventy-jive dollars an hour 
(counting ten hours a day) for every 
working day since the company began 
business. 
Hew York Office, 207 Broadway. 
-A-JST IJXTIDTT CETvTEJNTT. 
I’ll gfve^you^ kissT’ Run away > JoHNNY > dear . and play your drum in the yard, and 
Johnny Dear.--Then I won’t go.” 
'STOTT G-OIIMGr TO PAINT ? 
USE 
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT. 
Colijrs.Hfurnjshed^re^Sy'd'eafera'gemsra^y^iid by th? re8,dence * ,n the country, with Sample Card of 
QO „ AVEB.II.I, chemical paint CO., 
.12 Hurling sup, N ew York, or 132 East River St., Cleveland, O. 
THE MITCHELL WAGON. 
In use and for sale in 
nearly every 
State and Territory 
IN THU UNION. 
Best Proportioned, 
Best Ironed, 
Lightest Running 
Wagon in the Market 
The original, well 
known 
EA0INE WAGON 
Branch Offices A Factory; West St., NEW YORk. 
319 Sontli 8d Sir.rot, ST LOUIS. MO. 
83 Wnst Van Buron Street, CHICAGO. ILL. 
ANY SHADE KIIOM PC HE WirtTJC TO jet black. 
We have many testimonials u-e the .allowing, 
from M. F 8HEPPA..U Venn Yan. N. V. 
“ We believe It to bo the BAST FAINT manu¬ 
factured.’ 1 
Be sure that our TRADE MARK (a fao-stmile 
of which is given above' la on every pneknge 
Prepared ready for use, and sold by the g lllon only. 
Send for Sample Card and Fries List. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers. 
Send for New Price List. 
I HE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. 0. Box 5843. 3i & 33 Vesey St., New York 
JgUY WILLARD’S 
PRACTICAL BUTTER BOOK. 
Now Ready. Price 81, 
Address MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
78 Duane St., New York. 
Mooke’s Rural New-Yorker, conducted by 
our jolly frtond, Hon. D. I). T. Moore, leads all the 
papers of Its class In this country )t is edited with 
creat care aud has a large variety of interesting and 
Instructive department, for the family and the fire¬ 
side, Convenient In form, rnmarkablv neat In typog¬ 
raphy. abounding In timely Illustrations, and well 
filled with the choicest of matter, both original and 
selected, It has no superior lu Its peculiar sphere.— 
yankers Gaertte. 
Moork'8 rural New-Yorker is an excellent. 
Agricultural paper, and very popular. As a family 
visitant It la hard to beat In tne attractions It holds 
forth for young and old. We are pleased to see that 
Mr. Moore Is full of hls old enterprise and bent on 
making the paper better and better from year to 
year .—Yates Vo. Chronicle. 
All work fully war¬ 
ranted. 
I SEND FOR PRICE 
LIST. 
Mitchell, Lewis 
& Co., 
RACINE, AVIS. 
CEND FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED 
^Circular of all Apparatus and Furnishings 
CHEESE and BUTTER 
Factories and MILK CONDENSING Establishments. 
New method of manufacture given. HIGHEST 
PREMIUMS at Twenty-two Important Fairs aud Ex¬ 
position*, including Am. Inst, test of three months— 
'78aud '74-tor portable safety 
BOILERS and ENGINES, 
French Burr Stone Grist Mills, dkc. 
C3F* Discounts to the trade. 
WHITMAN & BURRELL, Little Falls, N. Y. 
BUY MILLER ItltO’8 CHKM1CAL PAINT. 
(CTBCUDAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Church Street, 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. 
This Is a combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents in all the best dis¬ 
tricts of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Tens 4 o render ns ad 
the assistance they can In carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, ns we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on our Importations), wnich will enable 
us to supply them with Tens at prices lower than 
have over been known, and of those fine qualities 
thet seldom roach the interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among tho very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an Interest in enr 
enterprise, and send nt once for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our goods, 
we remain, 
Most respectfully yours. 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. S Church St. 
P. O. Box 9, son. 
New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress. In January, 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Ten Co., In the 
Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. 
CAUTION. 
On account of the popularity of the Wheeler 
& Wilson Sewing Machines, parties have large¬ 
ly been engaged In purchasing old and second¬ 
hand machines of that make, and Imposed 
upon the public by selling them as now ma¬ 
chines. The Wheelor & Wilson Company begs 
to advise tho public that any one desiring to 
buy their second-hand machines can be sup¬ 
plied by that Company direct, on better terms 
than others can afford them, and be assured of 
what they are buying. Address 
WHEELER & WILSON M'F’G CO., 
44 East 14th St., New York, 
WOLCOTT BEOS 
Real Estate and Loan Brokers, 
Cor. Summit and Monroe Sts., 
TOLEDO, 0. 
Real Estate purchased, managed and sold on com¬ 
mission. Large properties and manufacturing estab¬ 
lishments a specialty. Money loaned on Real Estate. 
All money and papers remitted through banks., 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 
Buy the CHARTER OAK LAWN MOWER. 
a day guaranteed using our Well 
kj** Auger & Drills. $100 a month 
■ pnld to good Agents. Auger book 
rffT !■ free. Jllz Auger Co., St. Louis, Mo. 
KILL THE BUGS! THE WEED 
And Save the Potatoes !! 
flTTnn TUI I mTT to the Colorado Potato 
vIIkL Mi-lA l U Beetle is only to be had 
m ill 1 . 11 M H I n hy the use or Paris Green. 
UUilU UUilXll Prof. Cook and others say 
all other remedies have failed. 
PURE PARIS GREEN 
made with special care, and for sale by 
F. W. DEVOE & CO., 
Manufacturers und Importers of Colors. White 
Leads, Zinc Whites, Varnishes and 
Artists’ Materials, 
115 & 117 Fulton St - - New York Oity. 
Grangers and Farmers' Clubs note the above, and 
ask your merchant for Devoe’s Green. ZW For Cir¬ 
culars and Price Lists address F, W. Devoe & Co. 
jgUY WILLARD’S 
PRACTICAL BUTTER BOOK. 
Now Ready. Price 81. 
Address MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
78 Duane St., New York. 
Claim to have brought out the best Sewing Machine 
for manufacturing uses ever produced. 
IT- IS CALLED THE 
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ANTED IMMEDIATE!-! 
A few more youngmen.nd women to learn Book 
keeping. Penmanshlp.Ac.,to fill positions sal¬ 
ary Of *800 to *1300 per year. Salary paid while 
learning SltuaUon* guaranteed. Address with 
stamp M. W.Cobh. Pres. Bus. CoU. PolaeevlUe.O. 
IT IH VERY STRONG. 
VERY SIMPLE, 
VERY EFFECTIVE, 
AND PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY TO ALL 
WHO HAVE TRIED IT. 
Testimonials furnished on application. Examina¬ 
tion solicited. 
Address as above, at 
HARTFORD, CONN.. 
Or at Branch Offices in all leading cities. 
